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A Treasure Found-My Fathers Notes
Today is August 28, 2024. My father passed away of covid-19 on December 12, 2020. My father and mother built their home over 30 years ago. It is a large, beautiful and stately home on the lake in a secure … Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Family Vision, Mission, Core Values, Meet the Applegates
Tagged Steve Applegate, Words of wisdom
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A Reversal of Roles, A gift of a few days with my son on the Yampa River
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Posted in Family Adventures, Family Leadership
Tagged Craig Colorado, Role reversal, Yampa River
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What is the difference between “making disciples” and “equipping the saints?”
While disciple-making is more about expanding the number of believers and nurturing their initial growth, equipping the saints focuses on deepening the spiritual maturity and ministry effectiveness of those believers. Continue reading
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Praying for Our Friends Children
I came across a card along with the names and birthdates of my friends kids that I sent over several years on their birthdays. These were the men that invested 16 years (2010 blog about these guys) during the time … Continue reading
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Celebrating Feast of Tabernacles 2023
Ephesians 3:9-11 … to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known … Continue reading
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Mezuzah Sosa’s Family Vision, Mission and Core Values
Occasionally I have the opportunity to meet men who have read Lead Your Family and used the resources to create a Vision, Mission and Core Values for their family. My friend Marlin Sosa is a father of a young family … Continue reading
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Book Review: How (Not) To Be Secular, Reading Charles Taylor by Jeff Applegate
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Tagged Book Review How Not to be secular
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Jeff Applegate Interviewed on Bobby Albert’s True North Podcast
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Living Stones – The Next Generation
In 1999 my mother went to Israel and asked me if she could bring anything back. I asked her to bring me back some stones from the ground because I had a plan for a specific occasion. Often in Scripture rocks are used as a symbol to mark and proclaim great things God has done in the lives of His people. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Family Vision, Mission, Core Values, Meet the Applegates, Rites of Passage
Tagged christian books, family core values, family mission statement, family values, parenthood, parenting, parenting books
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Jesus Plus Nothing – Study of Paul’s Instructions to the Church of Colossae
Posted in Family Leadership, Seminary
Tagged Colossians 1:23-2:5
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